Dalangtan Playa (Qaidam Basin, NW China): Its microbial life and physicochemical characteristics and their astrobiological implications

• Ting Huang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, Planetary Science Institute, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2354-9974

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• Ruicheng Wang,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

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• Long Xiao ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: longxiao@cug.edu.cn (LX); hmwang@cug.edu.cn (HW)

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, Planetary Science Institute, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Space Science Institute, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China

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• Hongmei Wang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: longxiao@cug.edu.cn (LX); hmwang@cug.edu.cn (HW)

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

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• José M. Martínez,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (UAM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3954-2985

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• Cristina Escudero,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (UAM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

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• Ricardo Amils,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (UAM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

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• Ziye Cheng,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, Planetary Science Institute, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

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• Yi Xu

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Space Science Institute, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China

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